martedì 13 luglio 2010
Izzie the morning after the party
Izzie before the party wearing her new outfit
Birthday cake Daddy baked and Mommy decorated
Friends and Family group photo
Daddy helping Izzie blow the candleThis post will only have pictures of Izzie's party here in Italy. We had a blast along with family and friends, the weather although hot was actually tolerable, meaning there was a nice breeze!! The next time I blog it will be from Texas for tomorrow we will be travelling!! Please keep my family and myself in your prayers as we will be on a 14 hr flight to Texas!!
-Mamma Jenn
giovedì 8 luglio 2010
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This picture was taken at birth right after she was cleansed listening to a cell phone ring
In this picture Izzie is 1 day old and she's already so wide-eyed!
Finally Izzie is 1 year old, 12 months, 52 weeks or 365 days young, call it what you want, she's officially 1! It's so exciting to be a Mommy of a 1 year old. Unfortunately for my Izziebear today she had a vaccine shot, not the best way to start off her birthday, but you have to do what you have to do. I prefer her to suffer a little today than to suffer on the day of her birthday party which is on Saturday. Yesterday her Nonno Ugo gave her a birthday gift, her favorite bear Winnie-the-Pooh. And the picture of her smiling in her car seat, that is before the vaccine. She did cry when she got her shot, but not too much, she was brave!! In the afternoon we went to have some gelato and she had her own cone, strawberry flavored gelato. Yum!!
Well we had an awesome calm day, now it's off to bed...happy birthday to my Izziebear.
love,
Mamma Jenn
martedì 6 luglio 2010
Remember when you were a little kid and you would connect the dots to see what image you would get once you connected every dot or number?? Well, if you did that right now, you would get a picture of my body. I have been biten almost everywhere!! I am in serious pain and it's no fair that neither my husband nor Izzie have been biten even once. Not that I wish that they get biten, it's just that I'm in pain and I hurt. Here are 2 pics of my arms, in the first one you can only see the biggest bite, but believe me there are a total of 5 bites that run along my arm and in the other picture only the 2 biggest bites show. I won't even post pictures of my legs because those are really bad! I don't know what I ever did to those stupid mosquitoes, but I'm seriously thinking about declaring war on them, I just don't know how. I can't even spray mosquito repellent because of Izzie, what do I do? Any suggestions?
-Mamma Jenn
lunedì 5 luglio 2010
Here's a pic of my little July baby celebrating her 1st Fourth of July. Our countdown until her birthday is down to 3 days!! I have decided not to continue baking more cupcakes nor trying to make a perfect frosting. There isn't any time; I really have to start packing. I want to be able to enjoy Izzie's party without having "luggage" in the back of my mind. Yesterday we finished buying the little things we needed, so now all I really have to do is pack. No excuses, just put it in the luggage. Oh wait!! I do have one excuse, I have to decide which suitcases we're taking. We decided to take 3 plus Izzie's suitcase. It really stinks that now one is only allowed 1 suitcase per person instead of 2. Since we know that we'll want to bring half of Texas in our suitcases, we decided we are going to pay for the 3rd. It's impossible travelling with only 2 suitcases, well, of course that is my opinion. ;)
Yesterday we went to Alice's first birthday party. Her birthday was actually on the 28th of June, but since it was on a Monday they decided to celebrate the following Sunday. Italians don't believe in celebrating a birthday ahead of time, even if it is just one day before, it brings bad luck they say. Here is a picture of both Alice and Izzie...we had a hard time getting Izzie to sit still, Alice on the other hand wouldn't look at the camera...babies!!
Ok, I better start planning my packing process, or better yet, start deciding which suitcases we will be taking.
-Mamma Jenn
venerdì 2 luglio 2010
I haven't posted in the past few days due to lack of time. Right now I am multi-tasking, folding clean clothes, blogging and most importantly preventing Izzie from getting into any trouble. :) I had promised to post pics of the cupcakes with frosting, so here they are, pretty aren't they? In reality it's not a frosting, but a glaze and I made it in two different consistencies. The cupcakes with the candy pearls are more of a glaze and the ones without candy is more of a frosting. I didn't make this glaze from scratch, it was store bought and it's pretty cool because it's a powder that looks like confectioner's sugar and you just add a few tablespoons of water and it's done! The taste is good, it has an orange-y taste. I still want to try the vanilla frosting from scratch and if I have time today, I will bake another batch of 12 and this time with the vanilla frosting. I tell Roberto that making cupcakes is so much fun!! I have found so many yummy cupcake recipes that I want to try when we head back home to Texas, for example, the pina colada cupcake, and yes it does include real rum!! I am going cupcake crazy (in a good way) just trying to perfect the cupcake itself, imagine what will become of me when I try to perfect the frosting!
The other night, Roberto and I watched the movie Julie & Julia or Julia & Julie, I forgot the order of the names. Anyway, the movie reminded me of me because of the Blog and although I am no longer cooking, I am baking cupcakes. I loved the part where Julie is blogging and asks herself "someone is reading this, right? Somebody?" I feel the same exact way! Sometimes I feel like I am only blogging and no one in this crazy overpopulated cyberworld reads my blog. So when I am told by my family or friends that they read my blog, I feel so happy. I used to keep a real diary for the longest time, actually until a few months before Izzie was born. I had planned on starting a new diary once Izzie was born, but yeah, that was only a dream because it sure didn't happen. I had no idea what Motherhood was really like back then, now almost a year later, I have decided that blogging is like keeping a diary anyway, so I am content with my accomplishment. If you read my blog, every now and then can you leave me a comment? It would make me feel even more happy. :)
Izzie's birthday countdown is at 6 days, us leaving to Houston countdown is at 12 days!!
-Mamma Jenn
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About Me
- Jenn R.S.
- Roma, Italy
- Loving and living life to the fullest for God has blessed me with the most wonderful gifts ever: my husband Roberto, my little girl Isabella Nadine, my 2nd baby whose debut we are waiting for,my family and friends.
